About

Bridges Social Development (“Bridges”) is a non-profit organization that was established and registered as a Canadian charity in 2003. Bridges was created for the purpose of capacity building and training of community, professional and youth leaders in have-not communities where the organization has been invited. Bridges does not invest in capital assets, only in the building of human capacity.

Bridges’ founders were initially invited by government and grassroots leaders in Yemen to train and mentor male and female leaders in healthcare, law, journalism, education and politics. More recently, Bridges has been invited to train and mentor youth leaders in social entrepreneurship. Bridges has also expanded the geographic scope of its operations to participate in projects in other countries.

For an overview of Bridges’ history and work to date, see our Building Bridges Report.